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"There ougEt to be boardwalk
promenades, bathing beaches, boat
houses, piers, docks and -wharves,
along the lake front It ought to be
developed. The sooner we establish
the public rights hf'this matter the
sooner lake front development will
proceed."
The South Park commissioners are
John Barton Payne, attorney for the
beef packing companies and various
railroads; Charles L. Hutchinson,
president Corn Exchange bank; Al
bert Mohr, millionaire iron founder;
Joseph Donnesberger, former presi
dent Chicago Real Estate Board.
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WARSAW NOW MENACED BY
TWO GERMAN ARMIES
Berlin, via Amsterdam. Warsaw
is now menaced by two German ar
mies north of the Vistula. The kai
ser's advance guard has reached a
position less than 40 miles from the
Polish capital. The center of Von
Hindenburg's right wing, in the
Przasnysz region, is less than 5c
miles from Warsaw and making
steady progress to the south. No im
portant engagements have taken
place in the last 24 hours.
Washington. That three men
lost their lives when American
steamer Carib sank off Nordency
was officially reported to state dep't
today in dispatch from Consul Gen
eral Listoe at Rotterdam.
Paris Further gains for the allies
all along the battlefront, particularly
in the fighting west of vLaBassee and
in the Apremont forest.
British repulsed another series of
German charges along the LaBassee
Bethune road.
In Apremont region, French in
fantry attacks caused severe losses
to Germans. Fighting in Champagne
region continues, with the French
making steady progress around Per
ttfeS btLHslgians are stubbornly resisting
Gsrinen drives against their positions
in the flooded area-m-flanders. They.
T made a successful attack yesterday. .'
recapturing a trench previously taken
by the Germans.
Paris- French torpedo boat Dague
struck an Austrian mine in harbor of
Antivari on the Montenegrin coast
and was sunk. Crew of 38 men lost
Washington. Loss of American
ship Theodore Palmer of New Lon-
don with all hands was indicated by a
dispatch from consul-general at Sop
enhagen saying an Esbjerg news
paper reported arrival there of Swed
ish steamship Vala with news that
Feb. 22 it picked up in mid-ocean an
iron life boat bearing Palmers name.
Athens. A British battleship and
two French cruisers damaged by Tur
kish forts when allied fleet bombarded
Dardanelles yesterday. Allied .fleet
retired after shelling forts on Asiatic
side for several hours.
Amsterdam. Allies' aviator bom
barded German military train near
Ostend. Killed 30 German soldiers
and wounded 50.
Amsterdam. Swedish steamer
Svarton arrived at Ymuiden today
with a big hole in her starboard bow,
victim either of a mine or a subma
rine attack. Reported no casualties
among her crew.
London. Preceded by mine sweep
ers, allied fleet under Vice Admiral
Carden has moved past destroyed
Turkish forts at the entrance to Dar
danelles. Begun shelling land forti
fications' on both sides of strait
Twenty-five miles away Turkish
fleet is lying in Nogara roads, nar
rowest part of waterway. If French
and English warships batter their
way past great chain of forts leading
to Nagara roads, one or most decisive h
naval battles of war may be fought In
the narrow channel,.
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ACTION ON DAYTON TO RIDE -
Washington, Feb. 26. Any action
toward removing Federal Judge Day
ton of West Virginia will go over un
til next session, Chairman McGllll
cuddy of the House impeachment in
vestigating committee saKL
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